Damien
Damien is ranked 344th among boys in 2024 (999 births). Its best rank was 161st, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- #344down 14 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9990.06% of boys
- Peak year
- 20072,265 births
- Best rank
- #161in 1978
- Since 1936
- 63,807people given the name
The story in the numbers
63,807 boys have been named Damien in the United States since 1936, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 2,265 births — 0.11% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 249 → 344).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 29%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Damien | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 12 | |
| 1940s | 86 | |
| 1950s | 196 | |
| 1960s | 504 | |
| 1970s | 6,428 | |
| 1980s | 8,169 | |
| 1990s | 9,073 | |
| 2000s | 18,525 | |
| 2010s | 15,252 | |
| 2020s | 5,562 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Damien was the 182nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Damien
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rajapeak 2001
- Sameerpeak 2005
- Sachinpeak 2011
- Johnpaulpeak 2005
- Gamalielpeak 2004
- Zachpeak 2007
- Johndavidpeak 2007
- Tysonpeak 2009
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.